Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Malty McDade, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Malty McDade registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Malty McDade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Malty McDade
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsMalty McDade reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named McDade in Austin County
- George McDadeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Isam McDadeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
- Lewis McDadeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1838
- Marion McDadeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Owen McDadeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
McDades elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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